Pedro Aviles Perez

Pedro Aviles Perez (13 July 1938-15 September 1978) was a Mexican drug trafficker who was affiliated with the Guadalajara Cartel. He was the uncle and mentor of Joaquin Guzman Loera.

Biography
Pedro Aviles Perez was born in Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico on 13 July 1938, and he was a member of the first generation of marijuana-smuggling Mexican drug traffickers; he was also the first smuggler to use aircraft to bring drugs into the United States. Aviles taught Rafael Caro Quintero and Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo all about drug trafficking, and he also took the young Joaquin Guzman Loera under his wing. Guzman grew opium poppy for him before being hired as a hitman, and Aviles came to like his young nephew. On 15 September 1978, at the age of 40, Aviles was killed in a shootout with the federal police in Culiacan after Fonesca ratted him out.